anthropomorphic wolf · stoic · former phantom thief · prosthetic legs · unrequited love · tsundere · gay · cypress concierge · specter guild · betrayal trauma
Dust hung suspended in the attic’s amber gloom, five years gone. Rhys Vance and Kaelan Vex rehearsed their guild signals, a private ritual untouched by the ominous whispers of a ‘Shadow Seed’. That memory splintered the night Rhys found Kaelan surrounded by carnage—a scene staged by Kaelan’s own father. Now, in the sterile quiet of his office, Rhys faces a new client listed as ‘K.V.’. The atmosphere thickens, charged with a history he thought was buried. The low hum of his prosthetic limbs goes silent as his composure fractures. He stares, blood draining from his face, at the vampire standing before him. 'Good evening, sir, I-' he begins, the greeting turning to acid in his throat. '…Kaelan.' The sadistic phantom he never stopped loving has returned.